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	<p>X Marks the Spot (xmts to its friends) is like a swiss army knife for the internet, a small set of simple tools to help you solve problems and save time.</p>
	
	<h2>Quick Search</h2>
	
	<p>The simplest use for xmts is as a quick search redirector, letting you quickly do a search on many popular search engines without having to navigate to their home pages, saving you potentially dozens of seconds every day.</p>
	
	<p>xmts has special URLs for quick searches, like Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.  To use these, simply attach your search query to the end of an xmts URL with a search selector like so:</p>
	<table>
		<thead><td>selector</td><td>search engine</td><td>example</td></thead>
		<tr><td class="selector">g</td>  <td>Google</td>             <td><a href="http://xmts.us/g/twitterific">xmts.us/g/twitterific</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">w</td>  <td>Wikipedia</td>          <td><a href="http://xmts.us/w/Hydrogen">xmts.us/w/Hydrogen</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">y</td>  <td>YouTube</td>            <td><a href="http://xmts.us/y/mentos+diet+coke">xmts.us/y/mentos+diet+coke</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">a</td>  <td>Amazon</td>             <td><a href="http://xmts.us/a/battlestar+galactica">xmts.us/a/battlestar+galactica</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">i</td>  <td>IMDb</td>               <td><a href="http://xmts.us/i/The+Great+Escape">xmts.us/i/The+Great+Escape</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">d</td>  <td>Dictionary.com</td>     <td><a href="http://xmts.us/d/ameliorate">xmts.us/d/ameliorate</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">gi</td> <td>Google Images</td>      <td><a href="http://xmts.us/gi/earth">xmts.us/gi/earth</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">gm</td> <td>Google Maps</td>        <td><a href="http://xmts.us/gm/dallas">xmts.us/gm/dallas</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">gn</td> <td>Google News</td>        <td><a href="http://xmts.us/gn/election">xmts.us/gn/election</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">gb</td> <td>Google Blog Search</td> <td><a href="http://xmts.us/gb/iphone">xmts.us/gb/iphone</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">f</td>  <td>Facebook</td>           <td><a href="http://xmts.us/f/Bob+Smith">xmts.us/f/Bob+Smith</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">wd</td> <td>Wikipedia Deutsch</td>  <td><a href="http://xmts.us/wd/Der+Ring+des+Nibelungen">xmts.us/wd/Der+Ring+des+Nibelungen</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="selector">wf</td> <td>Wikipedia Français</td> <td><a href="http://xmts.us/wf/Napoleon">xmts.us/wf/Napoleon</a></td></tr>
	</table>
	<p><sub><b>Pro-Tip:</b> Separating search terms with '+', '/' or ' ' (a space) also work, for example <a href="http://xmts.us/gm/portland/maine">xmts.us/gm/portland/maine</a> or <a href="http://xmts.us/gi/guinea pigs">xmts.us/gi/guinea pigs</a></sub></p>

	<p><sub>If you have suggestions for more search types, or are experiencing problems, contact me at <a href="mailto:admin@xmts.us">admin@xmts.us</a></sub></p>

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	<h2>Personal Bookmarks</h2>
	
	<p>xmts also functions as a URL shortener and simple bookmark organizer.  Once you've <a href="/add_user">selected your shortname</a>, you can start shortening URLs.</p>
	
	<p>Let's say you've created a bookmark called <b>website</b>, pointing to your website.  Your bookmark will be publicly accesible at <a href="#">xmts.us/<i>your-shortname</i>/website</a>.  Send the link to a friend, and they'll be sent to your website.</p>
	
	<p>For those in a hurry, if you're already logged in you can access your own bookmarks by replacing your shortname with either "x" or "me" -- <a href="#">xmts.us/x/website</a> or <a href="#">xmts.us/me/website</a> will also send you to your website.</p>
	
	<p><b>Note:</b> This will only work for your own bookmarks, while you are logged in.  Other users will be sent to <i>their</i> bookmark with the name "website" if it exists.</p>

	<p><sub><b>Pro-Tip:</b> Obviously, the shorter the URL for your bookmarks the better.  Long URLs are for suckers.</sub></p>

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	<p><sub>Feel free to take a look at the code for xmts at <a href="http://code.google.com/p/xmts/">http://code.google.com/p/xmts/</a>, or keep up with changes at <a href="http://blog.xmts.us">http://blog.xmts.us</a></sub></p>
	<p><sub><b>Disclaimer:</b> This is still a work in progress.  Be warned</sub></p>

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